Wallwisher Definitions by Jake Shafer

Pilgrams

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:08:21 UTC

A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place.

Puritans

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:09:01 UTC

A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries advocated strict religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England.

John Winthrop

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:09:49 UTC

a wealthy English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth Colony.

Roger Williams

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:11:00 UTC

English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)

Quakers

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:12:07 UTC

. a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox c. 1650 and devoted to peaceful principles. Central to the Quakers' belief is the doctrine of the “Inner Light,” or sense of Christ's direct working in the soul. This has led them to reject both formal ministry and all set forms of worship.

Patroon

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:12:57 UTC

a person given land and granted certain manorial privileges under the former Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.

Proprietary Colony

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:13:30 UTC

a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)

Lord Baltimore

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:14:23 UTC

Lord Baltimore may refer to: *Baron Baltimore, an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland, held by several including: **Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (Lord Baltimore), the namesake of Baltimore, Maryland *Lord Baltimore (scout), the sobriquet of a well-known 19th-century scout

Artisons

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:16:21 UTC

a worker in a skilled trade, esp. one that involves making things by hand.

Cash Crops

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:17:05 UTC

a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower

Smuggling

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:18:14 UTC

move (goods) illegally into or out of a country

William Penn

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:18:48 UTC

Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

Conestoga Wagon

jakeshafer99 — 2013-09-24 15:19:42 UTC

a large covered wagon used for long-distance travel, typically carrying pioneers in the westward migration